Indy Hurling showing how it's done at the Super Bowl Village on Capitol Street in Downtown, Indianapolis last night Tues, 31, 2012. Go INDY!

GaelicSportsCast goes live to the Super Bowl Village in Downtown Indianapolis.

It’s a fantastic night for the Indy Hurling club and the sport of hurling tonight as the game is showcased to thousands of Super Bowls fans at the Super Bowl Village.

Indy hurling is putting on a great show with basic drills and a hitting cage and football fans of all ages are having a go.

GaelicSportsCast catches the excitement when talking with club PRO, Kyle Keesling ….

Listen here:  8:12

Two teams, Dasey’s Midnight Runners and The Moves Like badger, are made up of mostly local Kiwi players and they recorded impressive first wins on Wednesday evening.

Also going well after the second round are The Garage, An Su and Hankey St Bears and here to fill us in on the action, the results and also talk about the intriguing sporting landscape in the city is Wellington GAA Chairman and former Dr Crokes player, Donal Kavanagh.

 
Listen here: 11:35

The event takes place on Tuesday,  January 31st,  at the Super Bowl Village in Downtown Indianapolis.
GO INDY!

NOTE: Watch out for GaelicSportsCast preview of the event this weekend when chatting with the Indy club.

Last Wednesday evening the Summer ’12 Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens threw-in with 12 teams competing in this five week seven a-side first competition of the year at Ian Galloway Park, Wellington.

The Garage who won the league before Christmas were back in action and here tell us how they got on and talk about the highlights from Week 1, including a new hurling initiative, is Wellington GAA Chairman, Donal Kavanagh.
Donal’s guest this week  is departing club secretary and Tipperary native, Gareth Lynch.

Listen here: 19:16

Listen here: 30:41

Music:  Militaire Electronic; Wallpaper and Cipher by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
and, music also by John McCartan and Lunasa.

Have a Great New Year in 2012  listeners and website visitors.

And, lots of exciting new plans for early 2012 with new programme style, content ….and delivery on the way. More on this in the coming weeks……2012 is going to be a brave new world for GaelicSportsCast!

Also in the loop Podcasts from Tennessee and Portland Maine.

The Garage - Wellington GAA MIxed Summer Sevens 2011 champions. (Photo courtesy of Wellington GAA).

It turned out to be another great day for Gaelic football in New Zealand today as this afternoon under brilliant sunshine, a fine local crowd witnessed some splendid competitive action at the finals of this year’s Wellington GAA Mixed Summer Sevens in Ian Galloway Park where The Garage extended their unbeaten run to take victory.

Two very exciting semi finals saw the new champions overcome Marty Morrissey by five points in the first, while in the second semi a thriller came down to the wire with Darryl’s Demons upsetting the other hotpot and unbeaten Wheelbarrow Wheelers by a point with the last kick of the game.

The final threw up another great game with a flurry of first half scores and a late goal sealing victory for The Garage against a tenacious ‘Demons outfit.

Here to tell us about the finals is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh who speaks to us from the tournament and coverage sponsors, The Establishment Bar in downtown Wellington where he is joined by the winning captain Darragh Curley. We also get to hear from players, Grainne, Stephen, Seamus and Mary Ann.

Listen here: 31:40

Going into the last round of the regular ‘Sevens schedule, Group A saw Murphy’s Law 7pm with a chance of joining  The Garage out of their pool, however, they faced their Group leaders on Wednesday night and despite their early promise in the tournament were well beaten by a score of [24] 4-12 to [11] 3-2.
Darryl’s Demons was another side in with a chance to make the finals and they seized their opportunity with both hands with a comfortable win over Clonbony Wolfhounds.

In Group B meanwhile, Al’s A Team, The Gazelles and Marty Morrissey were all vying for that all important second spot and as it turned out Al’s’ and Marty’ were paired together in the final round and it was the Clare Cork combo that Marty’ himself would be proud that took the game on a scoreline of [11] 3-2 [3] 1-0.
The Gazelles however didn’t make the most of their chances when disappointing against lively Cu Chulainn Hounds.

So the semi finals placements for Sunday at Ian Galloway Park are:

Semi Final 1  – The Garage v Marty Morrissey
Semi Final 2 – Wheelbarrow Wheelers v Darryl’s Demons

Final Table & Round 7 Results here: http://www.wellingtongaa.com/7s-fixtures–results.html

NOTE: No podcast with this post.
Watch out for finals podcast on Sunday.

This Wednesday night sees the last round of the ‘Summer Sevens before the finals on Sunday, and some very interesting matches should command a good crowd.

Two teams stand out at this juncture with Pool A’s unbeaten leader’s, The Garage already through to the semi finals, as are Pool B’s impressive table toppers, Wheelbarrow Wheelers.

Here to talk about who could be joining them in the finals is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh and guest this week, Gaelic football newcomer and top local New Zealand rugby referee, Scott McLean.

Listen here: 23:50

Gaelic Football coaching app to be launched in December by Elevate Sports Solutions.

The world of coaching and performance analysis is becoming an increasing feature of Gaelic Sports across Ireland and on the international GAA scene.

Coaches are putting a huge amount of time and effort into the development of teams and athletes and a new company, Elevate Sports Solutions based in Derry, Northern Ireland, this December is launching a unique set of coaching tools and services that could well have a significant impact on the development of coaching Gaelic Sports.

Elevate Sports Solutions is set to launch next week the first of two resources for coaches – Gaelic Football Coaching Cards, and one of the first of its kind in the world of GAA – Gaelic Football Coaching Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.
The company also specializes in fundamentals, coaching strategies and offers an Elite Level Performance Analysis service.

In this podcast, GaelicSportsCast talks to two of the people behind Elevate Sports Solutions, former Derry footballer, Jonathon Bradley and hurler and footballer, Donal Leahy.

Listen here: 33:11

For more information go to  http://www.elevatesports.co.uk

Murphy's Law 7pm team going well in this year's Wellington Mixed Summer Sevens. Back row: Martin O'Shea, Deirdre McShane, Carol Griffen, Tracey Kane, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Declan Rynne. Front row: Tomas Harty, Andrea Byrne, Maurice Hartnett, and Robbie English. (Photo courtesy of Wellington GAA, NZ).

Despite the best efforts of wet weather, the Wellington Mixed Summer Sevens is in full swing with this Wednesday and Thursday nights action very competitive at Ian Galloway Park in Wellington, New Zealand.

The schedule was curtailed on Wednesday evening as rain saw just three games being played with The Gazelles v Hill 16 the pick of the night and best game to date.
Meanwhile, the team that caught the eye that evening was Murphy’s Law 7pm in their win over Darryls Demons.

On Thursday a mammoth seven games packed the programme with Al’s A Team and Wheelbarrow Wheelers also impressing.

Here to tell us all about this week’s Round 3 action is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh.

He is joined by two guests on the podcast, tournament organizer and Cork native, Trevor O’Halloran, and special visitor from Dr. Crokes in Kerry, Donal’s father, Sean.

Listen here: 19:55

On Wednesday, Wellington GAA in New Zealand put on a brilliant show for the promotion of football as Week 1 of their Summer Mixed 7s competition drew a record 16 teams to the pre Christmas event at Ian Galloway Park.

The event was supposed to begin the prior week but unfortunately it got rained-out except for two games on Thursday last, which, will see fixtures also this year.

We had some exotic names for the mixed seven’s last year and this time around is no different with several catching the eye such as Team Smash, Murphy’s Law 7pm, The King’s Army, Wheelbarrow Wheelers, Webb Ellis, an all Kiwi affair of course, and, wait for it….. Marty Morrissey!

This week the action began in earnest with no less than six matches during the week at Galloway Park and back once more to give us a run down on the games is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh.

New this year we hope to have a regular guest from Wellington on the programme each week and today, Donal’s Kerry comrade, Brian O’Sullivan Darcy, fresh out from Ireland, joins the conversation.

Listen here: 28:01

Queensland camogie team celebrate their history making feat after taking the first ever Australasian Camogie Championship at Gaelic Park, Willawong Brisbane on Saturday last. (Photo courtesy of Queensland GAA).

What a time it turned out to be for Queensland GAA both on and off the field at the Australasian Gaelic Games, Brisbane last week.

After the Biblical floods of last January that gutted the club house and destroyed playing facilities, it was nothing short of a miracle that last week the men, women, children and players from the GAA community at Willawong in Brisbane should have everything back in working order to host a very successful Kepplers 2011 Australasian Gaelic Games at Gaelic Park, Oct 2-8.

And, on the field of play Queensland GAA did themselves proud also when taking three of the four major trophies in a very competitive Australasian championships.

The week long tournament saw a return to the fold for NSW teams, however last year’s hosts from New Zealand could not make it on account of commitments with the Rugby World Cup taking place in their country.

Here to tell us about this year’s championships that saw many firsts, is Australasian and Queensland GAA Chairman, Seamus Sullivan.

Listen here: 24:14

Mens Football Championship Final
Victoria [15] 1-12  NSW [12] 1-9

Hurling Championship Final
Queensland [14] 1-11 Western Australia [12] 1-9

Camogie Championship Final
Queensland [20] 2-14 Western Australia [10] 2-4

Ladies Championship Final
Queensland [23] 4-11 Western Australia [14] 1-11

Minors
Victoria [11] 1-8 Queensland [10] 1–7

Full podcast report coming up later today, Tuesday on the Australasian Gaelic Games in Brisbane.

Half Time: Wicklow [6] 0-6 New York [4] 0-4

New York good last 10 mins of half.

Action from the final between winners Kilburn Gaels and Dunboyne. (Photo by John O'Loughlin).

Club managers and mentors participating in Saturday’s, inaugural Thurles Sarsfield International Hurling Festival, said that they were impressed with the organisation and future possibilities of the competition.

In this podcast, GaelicSportsCast speaks to clubs about their thoughts on this new event in Thurles.

We hear from the winning manager of Kilburn Gaels of London, Tom Bergin and Paul Reilly from runners-up, Dunboyne of Meath.

We get perspective from an American tourist and US college football coach who was at the final; listen to US Air Force Major Tim Neylon of the Lackenheath hurling club on the value of the tournament for his young all American team at Lackenheath Air Force Base in Suffolk. We hear from Naomh Moninne selector John Murphy of Louth and listen to Dee Doherty manager of the only hurling club in Derry City.

20:46

Here to fill us in on Wellington mens final’s Sunday’ is Kerry native, Wellington GAA Chairman, Donal Kavanagh.

22:15

RESULTS: Sunday 13th March 2011

NOTE: GaelicSportsCast interaction with Wellington GAA throughout the first and second mixed sevens as well as the mens sevens was an absolute pleasure.
Wellington GAA run a tight ship: they hold their games on time and their results and tables updates are timely and efficient!

Well done Wellington GAA!

Upcoming podcast on the exciting new football club, South Africa Gaels.

Week 5 Results
Wednesday 09th March 2011

Here to us tell about who the big winners were on the evening is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh.

14:02

Based in Swatragh in County Derry, P O Kane Hurls is a member of the Irish Guild of Ash Hurley Makers, an elite set of 50 members who produce hurls for the top hurlers around the country and globe.

To mark the occasion, GaelicSportsCast features P O Kane Hurls in a podcast outlining the fascinating story of how Pat O Kane’s lifelong passion for hurling and camogie, steered him on retirement to begin and craft the art of hurley making.

He began by making hurls by hand for his beloved champion camogie club Swatragh but word spread of the quality of his work; demand grew and soon he was supplying hurling and camogie clubs, schools and colleges throughout Ireland and indeed to clubs worldwide.

Pat’s son Gabriel, who along with a dedicated team of staff, works with his father in the business and in this special episode of GaelicSportsCast, he tells about the process involved in making a hurl and recounts the P O Kane Hurls story.

  25:54

This weeks round 3 of the Mens Football Sevens in Wellington went ahead last night but was overshadowed by the tragedy and in today’s podcast, Wellington GAA Chairman Donal Kavanagh talks about a country and GAA community in mourning.

 9:01

 10:51

RESULTS – MENS SUMMER SEVENS 2011 Rd 2, Feb 17, 2011

 17:17

MENS SUMMER SEVENS 2011 Rd 1

The Big T! T-Shirt Time winners of the Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens, Jan-Feb, 2011

Two strong second half performances in the semi final and final proved decisive for T Shirt Time as they took victory in Wellington GAA’s first Mixed Gaelic Football Sevens tournament of the year last night at Ian Galloway Park, Wellington, New Zealand.
It was another fine evening for the folks in Wellington, not only weather wise, but that once more football was the big winner on the night. Two very exciting semi finals and another great game in the decider saw the large crowd enjoy another successful mixed sevens competition.
In the first semi, T Shirt Time shaded a close opening half with opponents Clonbony Abu but it was the T’s who stepped forward to grab 2 goals and 2 points in the early second half to steer them to a 7 point win. In the second semi final another cracker saw the Monster Munchers in a fierce battle with Molly Malones, but it was the ‘Munchers who claimed the spoils when Niamh Kennedy scored a brilliant individual goal with the last kick of the game.
In the final, another good start from T-Shirt Time saw them score a goal and brace of points inside five minutes but the ‘Munchers came right back into it when Dee Finn goaled and at half time they trailed by a pair of scores 7 (1-04) to 5 (1-02).
But it was the T’s who again showed well soon after the break as a goal and three points put them in pole position once more. The Monster Munchers tried hard to turn the game around but it was not to be as ‘Time pushed on for a 17 (2-11) to 10 (1-07) victory.
Here to tell us more about the semi finals and final, and the other games that took place on the night, is Wellington GAA Chairman, Donal Kavanagh.

 22:44

Finals Results – Wellington GAA Mixed 7s Jan-Feb, 2011

 25:04

MIXED FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES & RESULTS WEEK 3, JAN 26, 2011

 18:31

2011 MIXED SEVENS, WEEK 2 TABLES & RESULTS, Jan 20, 2011

 19:52

WELLINGTON MIXED SEVENS 2, Results, Jan 14, 2011

Flanagans Flyers will also be ones to watch with two games at the off, as will the improving T Shirt Time. New team Empire Strikes Back, sound like they mean business and with two games today, they could get off to a good start.

Wellington GAA Chairman, Donal Kavanagh, with his lilting Kerry voice will be back once again every Thurday to give his excellent report on all the action.

The Schedule for Wed Jan 12th is as follows:

Group A
6:30    Empire Strikes Back V Frances Hankeys
7:00    T-Shirt Time V Daseys Midnight Runners
7:30    Empire Strikes Back V Molly Malones

Group B
6:30    Flannagans Flyers V Humans or Badgers
7:00    Clonbony Abu V Cuchulainn Crew
7:30    Flannagans Flyers V Monster Munchers

2011 Summer Sevens Schedule

The Garage celebrating on Sunday after their victory in this year's 2010 Wellington Gaelic Mixed Sevens. (Photo courtesy of Wellington GAA).

In complete contrast to the arctic weather in Ireland, yesterday in Wellington, NZ , despite wet conditions, was positively balmy at 21 C for the finals of this year’s Gaelic Mixed Sevens at Ian Galloway Park. And what a day it turned out to be with two great semis and a thrilling final decider.
In the first semi, hot pot Welly’s Wellies were shocked by the goal scoring outfit, The Garage while in the other semi final last year’s champions Clonbony Abu had an easier time against Kelly’s Knights.
The final turned out to be a tantalizing affair with The Garage upsetting the odds.  A powerful first half performance by The Garage  had the champs under severe pressure and though Clonbony’ came back strongly in the second half, it was the ‘Garage who held on to take the title on a scoreline of 3-10 (19) to 3-05 (14).
Here to tell us about the finals and the rest of the results from Sunday is Wellington GAA President, Donal Kavanagh.

20:29

Wellington Mixed Sevens Finals Results

 19:25

Wellington Mixed Sevens Rd 5 Tables & Results, Dec 15, 2010